Abstracts from Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Hypertension is an important non-communicable disease in Africa. It is the most important cardiovascular risk factor. The effect of hypertension on left ventricle has been documented for long time, but sparse and consistent evidence shows an impact of hypertension on the right ventricle. The RV can be studied with many imaging a.. Read More

The optimal medical treatment can fail in the intention to improve symptoms and quality of life of heart failure (HF) patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and atrial fibrillation (AF) with uncontrolled ventricular rate. In these refractory cases to medical management, the necessity to utilize cardiac resynchronizati.. Read More

Aim: Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. The numerous researches about the causes, the mechanism of its development and its links with other diseases have not given definite answers to these many questions. I propose a hypothesis which can explain the reason for the development of AF, its correlation .. Read More

The case involved a 38-year-old man. By 30-year-old, he had undergone surgical resection of schwannoma four times and had been diagnosed with von Recklinghausen’s disease (neurofibromatosis type I; NF1). At 35 years old, invasion of the thoracic vertebral bodies due to NF1 was recognized along with exertional chest and bac.. Read More

The occurrence of coronary artery disease is rare in young and physically fit individual. Regular exercise reduced incidences of coronary atherosclerotic disease. However, there are reported cases of myocardial infarction and sudden death after heavy and prolonged exercise. We describe an apparent healthy young male marathon run.. Read More

Background: Women with congenital heart disease represent the largest group of women with cardiac disease in the child bearing period. This poses additional burden on the medical system as theses mothers and their infants require special care. Methods: This was a cross sectional observational study involving 90 female patients i.. Read More

Pulmonary artery aneurysms are very rare entities that may be caused by several diseases. One of its causes is infection by Bilharziasis which is an endemic disease in Egypt. We report a case of a male patient presented by dyspnea and his chest x-ray showed a huge pulmonary artery as well as an atelectatic lung lobe. Final diagn.. Read More

Immunologic reactions to protamine sulphate during cardiac surgery are very rare. The frequency and outcome of such adverse reaction is unclear. Clotting of distal anastomosis sites and proximal site (in aorta) is very rare. We report a case of unusual life-threatening reaction to protamine that occurred in a non-diabetic patien.. Read More

Aim: To evaluate the relationship of abnormal Liver Function Tests (LFTs) to outcomes in patients with heart failure due to reduced ejection fraction (HFREF) at the time of diagnosis in the heart failure clinic.
Methods: We undertook a retrospective analysis of all patients diagnosed with HFREF in the heart failure outpatient .. Read More

Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, increasing in prevalence with age. AFib is often associated with structural heart disease and a substantial proportion of AFib patients lead to the significant morbidity, mortality, and cost. Thus, AFib is the most prevalent and costly health problems in the world.. Read More

Hydatid disease is one of the most important and widespread parasitic infection that cause significant health problem in undeveloped and developing countries. There main subtypes Echinococcus granulosus, E multilocularis, and E vogeli which can cause cystic echinococcosis in humans as intermediated host. The most common organ in.. Read More

How each Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) genotype modulates the magnitude of the effect of each coronary risk factor.
Background: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is based on atherosclerosis, which is a multifactorial-multigenic disease. This study investigated when interacting with them in the genesis of this pathology.
Meth.. Read More

Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is one of the leading causes of acquired heart diseases and specifically of symptomatic heart failure and pulmonary arterial hypertension. In the clinical course of HIV infection, CD4 + count decreases with disease progression and it has been considered to be correlated wi.. Read More

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a congenital anomaly that affects approximately 3 per million live-births. Adult presentation of complete aortic interruption is extremely rare. Surgical repair of IAA is the mainstay of treatment, however beneficial effects of intervention in the adult population are still debated. Late comp.. Read More

Introduction: Rheumatic heart diseases are redoubtable complication of acute articular rheumatic. Without treatment, pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure may occur. This pulmonary hypertension was admitted as predictor of worse outcome after surgery. The aim of our study is to value the results after mitral surgery in .. Read More

Left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR) is a rare, yet lethal, complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), occurring in approximately 2% of cases. In the era of percutaneous coronary intervention, however, it is less frequently encountered.
We were confronted with a case of AMI complicated with LVFWR after receiving.. Read More

Considering to pathogenetic mechanisms of MI a few classical biomarkers have been used for diagnosis of MI or acute coronary syndrome. Lately novel markers have been identified to provide diagnostic and prognostic information and outcome of MI or acute coronary syndrome. A few novel biomarkers are overviewed in this article... Read More